A rural Industries Research Development Corporation study has shown that olive growers can reduce their irrigation without sacrificing yield.
The study also suggests the characteristics of the olives are not affected by reducing water volumes.
The study, Olive Crop Management for Optimal Sensory and Chemical Quality Project, was carried out over four years at a large [...]
The administrator for failed agribusiness giant Timbercorp has been given approval by the Victorian Supreme Court to apply to wind up the company’s olive and almond schemes.
KordaMentha wants to end the schemes to make it easier to sell the 13 almond projects and 11 olive groves in northern Victoria.
Spokesman Michael Smith says a number of [...]
By Kim Woods,
Harvest, which began in mid-April, is wrapping up after severe frosts last week.
Wagga Wagga, in NSW, is home to about 55,000 trees owned by investment companies and small growers.
The Riverina Olive Growers Association has 45 active members picking fruit from up to 30,000 trees.
Association secretary Vici Murdoch said unseasonal heat and rain had [...]
The Australian Olive Association (AOA) is celebrating a welcomed boost after the Federal Government confirmed a $200,000 grant, which will enable the AOA to develop a high-profile marketing campaign to promote Australian extra virgin olive oil and table olives.
The funding, announced by Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke, is part of a $2 million wider initiative [...]
The administrators of troubled agricultural projects manager Timbercorp say they have not yet determined if the company’s forestry projects are still viable, or insolvent like its olive and almonds projects.
Timbercorp was placed in administration in April, with liabilities estimated at the time of $930 million.
Mark Korda of administrator KordaMentha said on Thursday that full financial [...]
The Australian olive oil industry is teaming up with the United States to develop a new set of international olive oil standards.
Dr Rodney Mailer, from the Australian Oils Research Laboratory, says the European International Olive Council’s standards are too restrictive and treat unique aspects of Australian oils as negative traits.
He says Australian producers shouldn’t be [...]
The Australian Olive Association says the demise of orchard managers Timbercorp and Great Southern does not spell the end of the olive industry.
Managed investment schemes account for the majority of Australian olive production, and sparked the industry’s rapid growth over the past decade.
The Olive Association’s Paul Miller says the industry is now big enough to [...]
By Rachel Hewitt,
The harvesting of Timbercorp’s giant olive crop will resume this morning after the company struck a $15 million deal to sell the fruit to its harvester.
The fate of this year’s crop – at two olive groves in northern Victoria – was uncertain after the company’s April 23 collapse.
The harvest must be completed in [...]
Olive oil production in WA is set to reach a record 2500 tonnes this year, with an increase in backyard growers keen to produce the golden oil.
Producers are bottling the 2009 “vintage” and have said there are not enough presses to cope with supply from growers.
Rises in production are being attributed to the tendency for [...]
Harvesting is going ahead at one of the largest olive groves in the world, owned by Timbercorp.
The grove, at Boort in central Central Victoria, is one of the properties the company had trouble selling, before placing itself into voluntary administration.
Will Pattison, who works as a contract harvester at the grove, says it makes sense to [...]
By Sandra Godwin,
ONE of the world’s biggest single-site olive groves opened the gates to visitors last week to celebrate being named Olive Grower of the Year.
Timbercorp’s 2777ha grove at Boort, managed by Boundary Bend Estate, was recognised by the Australian Olive Association for pioneering the production of quality olive oil on a large [...]
By Alex Tilbury,
There’s an olive grove in Coominya, near Wivenhoe Dam, with 550,000 trees in it producing an Olive Leaf Extract that’s a global hot seller, in Australia alone, $1 million in product is sold every month.
A powerful antioxidant, 400 % more potent than vitamin C, the extract has many benefits for health and wellbeing, [...]
The Department of Food and Agriculture is predicting this year’s olive harvest will be one of the best in years.
Harvesting near Dongara began at the weekend and will move further south to Gingin before wrapping up around June and July.
The department’s Dick Taylor says production is expected to rise by 3,000 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes [...]
A new levy paid by South Australian olive growers will help promote and further develop the industry.
From this harvest, growers will pay a $4 levy on each tonne of fruit they produce.
Olives South Australia president Lisa Rowntree says it will increase by a dollar a year for the next three years to eventually reach [...]
Sally James, the Australian food writer transplanted to Yountville, tells the Register that Yellingbo Gold Extra Virgin Olive Oil is donating 100 percent of its profits through the end of February to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal, which will help families and communities rebuild after the devastating fires in Australia.
Three Bridges Farm in Yarra Valley, [...]
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